“I wanted more of a skeletal look for this house, and less of a chunky, log-cabin look,” says architect Harry Panton of his Texas bunkhouse. He added stark steel bracing across the entire length of the porch’s roof structure and thinks of the getaway as "a bridge into the woods." Photo 3 of 8 in Did You Say Dogtrot? 8 Modern Variations on Vernacular Style by Kelsey Keith from Modern Gables

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“I wanted more of a skeletal look for this house, and less of a chunky, log-cabin look,” says architect Harry Panton of his Texas bunkhouse. He added stark steel bracing across the entire length of the porch’s roof structure and thinks of the getaway as "a bridge into the woods."